[asp.net] How to make (link)button function as hyperlink?

How do I use an asp:Button or asp:LinkButton as asp:Hyperlink?

The existing Hyperlink just goes to another section on the same page: NavigateUrl="#Section2"

I want to do this in the aspx file without additional coding. Thanks.

The purpose is to have a button look instead of the underlined text BUT I don't want to use an image with hyperlink to achieve this purpose.

There is a middle way. If you want a HTML control but you need to access it server side you can simply add the runat="server" attribute:

<a runat="server" Id="lnkBack">Back</a>

You can then alter the href server side using Attributes

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
       lnkBack.Attributes.Add("href", url);
    }
}

resulting in:

<a id="ctl00_ctl00_mainContentPlaceHolder_contentPlaceHolder_lnkBack" 
      href="url.aspx">Back</a>

The best way to accomplish this is by simply adding "href" to the link button like below.

<asp:LinkButton runat="server" id="SomeLinkButton" href="url" CssClass="btn btn-primary btn-sm">Button Text</asp:LinkButton>

Using javascript, or doing this programmatically in the page_load, will work as well but is not the best way to go about doing this.

You will get this result:

<a id="MainContent_ctl00_SomeLinkButton" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" href="url" href="javascript:__doPostBack(&#39;ctl00$MainContent$ctl00$lSomeLinkButton&#39;,&#39;&#39;)">Button Text</a>

You can also get the same results by using using a regular <a href="" class=""></a>.

This can be done very easily using a PostBackUrl and a regular button.

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Name of web location" PostBackUrl="web address" />

you can use linkbutton for navigating to another section in the same page by using PostBackUrl="#Section2"